DESCRIPTION

This script provides a command interface (not a shell) to CPAN.pm.

Meta Options

These options are mutually exclusive, and the script processes them in this order: [hvCAar]. Once the script finds one, it ignores the others, and then exits after it finishes the task. The script ignores any other command line options.

-a

Creates the CPAN.pm autobundle with CPAN::Shell->autobundle.

-A module [ module ... ]

Shows the primary maintainers for the specified modules

-C module [ module ... ]

Show the Changes files for the specified modules

-D module [ module ... ]

Show the module details. This prints one line for each out-of-date module (meaning, modules locally installed but have newer versions on CPAN). Each line has three columns: module name, local version, and CPAN version.

-L author [ author ... ]

List the modules by the specified authors.

-h

Prints a help message.

-O

Show the out-of-date modules.

-r

Recompiles dynamically loaded modules with CPAN::Shell->recompile.

-v

Print the script version and CPAN.pm version.

Module options

These options are mutually exclusive, and the script processes them in alphabetical order. It only processes the first one it finds.